An 50kg volleyball player lands from a jump and tries to stop her forward motion. The normal contact force exerted by the floor on her shoes is 2000N. The friction force exerted by the floor on her shoes is 600N acting backward on the player. What is the resultant ground reaction force exerted by the floor on the volleyball player’s shoes?  s. 2088N

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An 50kg volleyball player lands from a jump and tries to stop her forward motion. The normal contact force exerted by the floor on her shoes is 2000N. The friction force exerted by the floor on her shoes is 600N acting backward on the player. What is the resultant ground reaction force exerted by the floor on the volleyball player’s shoes? 

s. 2088N

b. 50kg

c. 491N

d. 2600N

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